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# contentment

«contentment» in Mova's school dictionary: **A calm, happy feeling of being satisfied with what you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (contentment — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A calm, happy feeling of being satisfied with what you have, without wanting more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In wellbeing, PSHE and religion lessons, contentment is a quiet kind of happiness, often linked with being thankful. In stories, a cat purring by the fire shows contentment. In church, Christians are taught to be content with what they have. Phrases: a feeling of contentment, sigh of contentment, a life of contentment.

### examples

- The cat purred with contentment on my lap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x1)
- Grandma smiled with contentment as we all ate dinner together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x2)
- Contentment doesn't need lots of toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x3)
- He let out a sigh of contentment after a long swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x4)
- Being grateful can bring contentment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x5)
- The farmer lived a life of quiet contentment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x6)
- Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: content (stressed on the second syllable: con-TENT) or contented. Do not mix with content (CON-tent), meaning what is inside something.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contentment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contentment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.